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ON  CATECHU  AND  ITS  ACIDS. 
the  seeds  sent  out  by  him  via  Holland  already  in  luxuriant  growth, 
Unfortunately,  many  plants  were  lost  during  the  voyage  across 
the  Pacific,  notwithstanding  which  there  remained  a  sufficient 
number  alive  to  secure  Cinchona  Condaminea  and  some  other 
species,  and  at  once  to  test  the  possibility  of  this  important  cul- 
ture in  Java. 
The  Dutch  government  (especially  the  minister,  M.  Pahud, 
who  took  up  the  subject  warmly),  Professor  Miquel,  and  M. 
Hasskarl — all,  in  short,  who  have  co-operated  to  bring  about 
this  desirable  object — have  just  cause  to  be  proud  of  the  credit 
which  accrues  to  them  for  the  introduction  of  cinchona  culture 
into  Java,  and  can  honestly  accept  the  praise  which  will  be  on 
all  sides  awarded  them.  We  heartily  congratulate  Professor 
Miquel  and  M.  Hasskarl  on  the  decoration  of  the  Order  of  the 
Lion  bestowed  on  them  by  the  King  of  the  Netherlands,  which 
affords  a  proof  that  their  services  have  met  with  deserved  acknow- 
ledgement in  the  highest  quarters. 
It  were  to  be  wished  that  nations  having  colonial  possessions 
had  followed  the  example  of  the  Dutch.  The  French  introduced, 
some  years,  since,  cinchona  plants  in  the  mountain  regions  of 
Algeria ;  but  nothing  is  yet  announced  of  the  result.  To  the 
English,  the  higher  parts  of  the  West  Indies  and  the  highlands 
of  India  offer  a  vast  field  for  experiment.  Professor  Miquel  has 
published,  or  is  about  to  do  so,  a  pamphlet  on  this  new  branch 
of  cultivation,  which  cannot  fail  to  direct  the  attention  of  the 
French  and  English  governments  to  the  subject,  and  perhaps 
may  serve  directly  to  secure  to  posterity  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant of  remedies,  and  to  clothe  with  an  enviable  renown  the 
name  of  Miquel,  as  one  of  the  benefactors  of  mankind.. — Pharm, 
Journ.  April  1st,  1856. 
ON  CATECHU  AND  ITS  ACIDS. 
By  Dr.  C.  Neubauer. 
By  Strecker's  experiments  on  gallo-tannic  acid  and  his  proving 
its  relation  to  gallic  acid,  the  interest  in  the  numerous  bodies 
to  which  the  name  of  tannin  is  applied  has  been  created  anew, 
and  the  author  undertook  these  experiments  in  the  hope  to  find 
